VERA FILES FACT CHECK YEARENDER: How to check for satire?
Here are three tips to discern whether an online post is satirical or not.
Claims by Public Figures
VERA FILES FACT CHECK YEARENDER: Biggest flip-flops of Marcos and his Cabinet in 2022
After Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. assumed the presidency on June 30, inconsistencies in the statements of top government officials have prevailed and confused the public.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK YEARENDER: As video is king, misinformation takes its throne in TikTok era
(Part 2 of 2) Videos were the weapon of choice for disinformation creators in the last national elections. Over a third, or 82 out of 218 content fact-checked by VERA Files, came in this format. TikTok published 45 of these.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK YEARENDER: Filipinos face rapid-fire falsehoods on social media in 2022 elections
Election disinformation that Filipinos faced was harmful, repetitive and fast-moving. It was also built on the foundations of years-long disinformation that targeted specific candidates.
A relentless stream of red-tagging in 2022
Baseless and unproven accusations linking prominent political figures to the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) and its military arm, the New People’s Army (NPA), continue circulating online two years after the controversial Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA) of 2020 took effect.
